Namibia is set to import more than 340 000t of cereals during the 2024/25 marketing season. This is due to the drop in local production caused by severe drought this year. The bulk of these imports are white maize for…

Tempers flared on Friday afternoon when Windhoek City Police officers swooped down on unsuspecting fruit and vegetable vendors outside a Windhoek supermarket. The vendors operating in the parking area across the road from the supermarket, claim the police confiscated the…

Namibia borrowed a significant amount in October, issuing government debt securities totalling N$2.2 billion. However, due to the redemption of the GC24 bond, the overall increase in the country’s government debt was limited to N$956 million. The analysis says the…

Canadian company Koryx Copper continues to raise additional funds for the development of the Haib copper project in southern Namibia. According to a statement issued by the company on Friday, the offering grossed
US$5 200 892 (approximately N$93 million) from the…

Namibia’s headline annual inflation rate for October 2024 stood at 3%, compared to 6% registered in October 2023. Zone 2, which includes the Khomas region, recorded the highest rate of 4.2%. This is noted by statistician general Alex Shimuafeni in…

The B2Gold Otjikoto Mine continued to perform beyond expectations during the third quarter of 2024, producing 52 131 ounces of gold compared to 44 940 produced during the same period last year. This is contained in the company’s financial results…

The B2Gold Otjikoto Mine continued to perform beyond expectations during the third quarter of 2024, producing 52 131 ounces of gold compared to 44 940 produced during the same period last year. This is contained in the company’s financial results…

Farming couple Streicher and Hella Coetzee scooped the Livestock Producer of the Year 2024 award at a glittering gala dinner in Windhoek on Monday evening. They drove back home to their Okahandja farm with the top prize of a brand…

The Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) has closed the border for the importation of six of the 20 horticultural products on the Special Controlled list from 1 to 30 November. According to a recent notice to all horticulture traders issued by…

The 2024 crop marketing season was a historic crisis for Namibian farmers, with crop yields dropping to less than 30 000t of grain due to drought. This led to the country’s food self-sufficiency rate for white maize, mahangu and wheat…

Trigon Metals-owned Kombat Mine near Otavi and the Mineworkers Union of Namibia on Friday agreed to collaborate to resolve workers’ grievances. The mine’s vice president for operations, Stephanus Muller, said this in a memo to workers in which he described…

Namwater suspended the process of drawing water for irrigation from the Hardap Dam on Thursday. This is due to low levels of water in the dam attributed to drought, said NamWater spokesperson Lot Ndamanomhata in a media statement on Thursday.…